Coffee Party II

Remember during the Bush presidency when dissent was the highest form of patriotism? We didn’t hear much from the left about “cooperation” when it came to the Patriot Act or the war in Iraq. And when Congress stopped Bush’s Social Security reform cold, there were no complaints about “obstructionism.”

The idea of forming a movement around “cooperation” is a gimmick to help the Democrats succeed with their socialist agenda, particularly health care reform.

The Tea Party, at least what’s best about it, is founded on timeless principles: limited government, individual rights. I have held these principles for 33 years, since I first read Atlas Shrugged.

The left has gimmicks that hide their true agenda; the free market right has immutable principles.

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There’s also the fact that the social institution based on cooperation is… the free market. Every exchange in a free market is an example of cooperation — mutual trade to mutual benefit. The so-called ‘dog eat dog’ competition in the market is actually competition over who gets to cooperate with whom, and the government intervention so desperately desired by the Coffee Party types is intended to prevent people who want to cooperate with each other from doing so.

Government interference in the freedom of production and trade is anti-cooperative.

In short, the left’s attempt to describe their agenda as ‘cooperation’ is not just a gimmick. It’s an outright lie. Where the left says ‘cooperation’, instead read ‘exploitation’. You’ll get a much clearer understanding of their true goal.

You make a brilliant point, Kyle. Wish I’d thought of it! Socialism destroys cooperation among people because everyone is fighting for a handout from the state instead of working together to produce wealth.

I appreciate your point that dissent was the highest form of patriotism not 2 years ago. A Marin resident is trying to prevent a Tea Party organization from hosting a conference (not a protest) at the local community center on the grounds that the Tea Party movement is seditious. Yes, she actually used that word when talking to the AP. Apparently the Tea Baggers are rebels who will never ever be any good.

Dog-eat-dog competition is a consequence of a political economy, not a market economy, any more so than, say, major league baseball, with rules of the game (rules again fraud, theft, misrepresentation) is dog-eat-dog competition.

The more the left throws their noxious crap out there, the more it shows their own failings.

National Security Workforce to Address ‘Intersectionality’: do you ever get the sense that you’re in a waking nightmare? Money quote from the memo: “Our greatest asset in protecting the homeland and advancing our interests abroad is the talent and diversity of our national security workforce.”

Last Week Tonight on Donald Trump: bit long, but great takedown of the Trump mythos. In a more rational political environment, this would have killed his presidential campaign. I’m not sure it’ll make any difference.

A Responsibility I Take Seriously: nominee must be “without any particular ideology or agenda” and have “a keen understanding that justice is not about abstract legal theory, nor some footnote in a dusty casebook.” I sure hope the Republicans can hold the line on his nominations.

Trigger Warnings in Annapolis: I’m not sure why I expected the service academies to be bastions of academic freedom, but I did. It’s much worse than the universities since they’re far more hierarchical.

Announcing the Twitter Trust & Safety Council: this is within their rights, of course. Given the leftist leanings of the company and its assembled Council of Goodspeech, I suspect that some groups will get a pass and some will face suppression. Chilling at any rate.